For a while now, shaking up a few of the core principles and features that catapulted the Assassin's Creed franchise into an elite status in the gaming community. Most notably, the switch from the early games' traditional stealth premise in favor of modern RPG elements in its newer editions divided public opinion - a drastic paradigm shift that revealed cracks in the wall in the developer's strategy. However, the mechanics of the recently revealed Assassin's Creed Shadows seem to pick up from where Mirage left off, heralding a stylistic change in Ubisoft's approach. AC Shadows' premiere trailer teased a return to the pronounced focus on the stealth dynamic, and if the trend continues, future titles could yet benefit from the original Assassin's Creed fabric.